Beer Tax and Radio
I had a great opportunity to get on the radio in Des Moines and alert the listening audience about the attempts at the capitol to raise the beer tax in Iowa. I was on 95 KGGO morning show, for about 15 minutes at 7:30 last thursday morning. I had some ’stage fright’ about it at first, but once I got on the microphone, I found I had more to say about the issue than I had time for!
I’m hoping to get more opportunities like this. Things do not look good for us. Already there are two bills to raise the tax, and the supreme court decision on the Iowa gaming casino’s has only made the states budget even more dire. 
Here is the latest update from the IWBDA:
“BEER TAX – There has been considerable discussion on the beer tax and we already have two bills introduced to increase the excise tax on beer. The “Healthy Lifestyles Coalition of Iowa” distributed information to every legislator this week that advocates doubling the tax to $.38 per gallon. The information states “… teen deaths and injuries, violence, teen pregnancy …” all would be reduced by increasing the beer tax.”
I’m sure the “healthy lifestyles” coalition is just another front for MADD and other anti alcohol forces. We need to band together and prevent this from happening.. beer is already taxed more than enough in Iowa!